Simple tonic following injury

What type of injury specifically are you asking about and what are the patients signs and symptoms. Generally following a trauma you want herbs that move the blood (not tonification) - perhaps a formulas like Jin Gu Die Da Wan. I am assuming, however, you are not asking about a traumatic injury. So if you can offer more details, we can offer some ideas.

Hello and thanks for your very helpful replies.

I tore some muscles in my chest which are starting to heal, then I had a bad flu which refuses to go away (sore throat anyway) and have been feeling run down. I feel like I cannot get enough sleep. Plus, I have been doing hard physical household things which I really feel physically tired from doing. When I have felt this way in the past, I have been told that my yin and heart blood is weak, so that is why I asked. I just would like something "simple" and not too strong that hopefully, will not cause any food stagnation/poor digestion which I am prone to. I have also been more easily frightened than usual. In the past have been treated for Liver Qi Xu and Vacuity for emotional issues like this.

Tongue is pink, slightly red in middle, red at tip (it&#39s always red at tip), slight white coating in middle back/base/intestinal area, otherwise looks a little peeled. No swelling. It looks wet before going to bed. Pulse seems floating. That&#39s all I can tell.

Thanks so much for your most detailed suggestions. : ) I will adhere.

As noted my tongue only appears wet at night. Just another question - could this be part of the reason then that I feel so fatigued upon waking up? I cannot seem to summon much energy at all until 12:30 in the day. My former acupuncturist suggested that I pour boiling water over grapefruit peel and flesh to sip after breakfast to help with this. I think it helps to a point, but I am still fatigued until afternoon begins.

Morning is the sun rise time, so people body&#39s Yang Qi is rise up ( increase ), you feel fatigue at morning, it means your Yang Qi deficiency, it is sure not Yin deficiency, because afternoon the sun is down, Yang Qi is decrease and Yin Qi is going to rise up at night. So you need tonify Yang Qi, Stomach Qi is mainly Yang Qi of body, you need health your Stomach function(digestion) first. you may drink some yogurt at breakfast or tea time, it will help your digestion. eat flour food will protect your stomach wall.

Hiya,

I was just eavesdropping on your conversation. I was just wondering about the cause of your fatigue. If you had a bad dose of the &#39flu at the beginning, before you start playing around with tonics, one of the golden rules of tcm suggests that you have to get rid of any external pathogenic factors (epf). Your pulse was floating, which might mean that there is/was an epf lingering in the exterior. This is a really useful concept to follow. Much of what later developes into chronic fatigue or ME develops from a dose of the &#39flu that has not been fully expelled or expressed.